well its been a few weeks and no sign of the abscess returning thank goodness!, it was the vet now thinks an intraoccular eye abscess. rather nasty and difficult to treat as the infection is so deep rooted. So it looks good fingers crossed. the vet hadnt ruled out a tumour of some description with a secondary infection , however if it was that he thought when a few weeks had passed it would flare up again. the wee lumps (? glands) he could still feel at the time he thought were up because of infection , however if it does flare up again hes for biopsies. So fingers crossed all is well!
Thanks for all the good wishes.
